[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            DEATH OF ANNA LINDH, FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, we mark the second anniversary of the 
September 11 attacks with sadness, as well as resolve.
  I am further saddened today, and I believe the world is further 
saddened, by the death of Anna Lindh. Anna Lindh, the Foreign Minister 
of Sweden, was attacked with a knife by an unknown person in a 
Stockholm department store, and she died early this morning.
  Anna Lindh was an extraordinarily accomplished and dedicated public 
servant. Among her many achievements and distinctions, I would like to 
point out that she has been in the past a member of Parliamentarians 
for Global Action--a group which will send members from around the 
world here to Capitol Hill next week. As a co-host of next week's 
activities here on the Hill, I know that we will honor and seek to 
carry on Anna Lindh's work.
  I am sure that I speak for all Senators when I say that we all feel 
deep sorrow for Anna Lindh's family, as well as for the people of 
Sweden. The world has lost a great light.

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